In 2001, Portugal embarked on an unprecedented shift in its drug policy, one that would attract global attention. Two decades on, the country’s experience continues to raise important questions about ...

Portugal has emerged as a promising international model for tackling a deadly drug and addiction crisis. The country has used a focus on health care and community support to save lives. The U.S. is ...

Police seize heroin and marijuana in St. Peters in June 2015 during part of a 10-month long joint investigation between the DEA, ATF and the St. Charles Regional Drug Task Force. Photo courtesy of the ...

Lisbon, Portugal - The United States, which has waged a 40-year, $1 trillion war on drugs, is looking for answers in tiny Portugal, which is reaping the benefits of what once looked like a dangerous ...

Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle / via Getty Images Talk to people addicted to street drugs in Lisbon, Portugal's capital, and you hear confusion and dismay over the carnage of overdose deaths ...

Talk to people addicted to street drugs in Lisbon, Portugal's capital, and you hear confusion and dismay over the carnage of overdose deaths taking place an ocean away in the U.S. Ana Batista, a ...

These days, Casal Ventoso is an ordinary blue-collar community - mothers push baby strollers, men smoke outside cafes, buses chug up and down the cobbled main street. If you purchase a product or ...